The Mogor River caught the newest baby and swept him nearly half a mile downstream. Weeks before that, rangers found a four-month-old who had lost her mother in a panic stampede. Both youngsters have since joined the family of orphaned elephant calves and their dedicated troupe of keepers at The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Since 1978, this remarkable organization has nurtured infant elephants and black rhinos who find themselves motherless in Tsavo National Park, Kenya's largest park and ground zero for its poaching and snaring wars. Notable as the first group to keep newborn African elephant orphans alive, this conservation powerhouse has saved more than 65 endangered waifs (and counting). Browse the photo gallery, read the animals' profiles, and try not to fall head over heels with what this place is doing. Then, consider fostering an orphaned baby elephant for Valentine's Day. This beats Hallmark any day.
